From a ruling handed down in September by a Louisiana district court in Officer John Doe v. DeRay Mckesson et al. The anonymous Baton Rouge police officer filed suit last year against Mckesson and Black Lives Matter, claiming damages for injuries sustained during a protest. The lawsuit was dismissed.

Plaintiff alleges that Mckesson and Black Lives Matter were in Baton Rouge for the purpose of demonstrating, protesting, and rioting to incite others to violence against police. Plaintiff avers that the protest turned into a riot when activists began “pumping up the crowd.” Demonstrators allegedly began to loot a Circle…